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French athlete Christophe Lemaitre, seen here on February 14, has proved himself an elite level athlete over the last 12 months, finishing fourth in the 100m final at the World Championships in Daegu and going one better in the 200m.
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CARE uses the P&G packets to bring safe drinking water to homes in Ethiopia, and in Kenya we use them to provide clean water to school children, to support expectant mothers in remaining healthy and to help prevent the spread of disease, including HIV/AIDS.
We are in the Abaya Wordea, which is one of the most [malaria-infected] regions during this time of year in the country of Ethiopia, so obviously there is a great need to fight malaria in this area
Four months after Larry and I issued a public service announcement with Oxfam, we are excited to meet face-to-face with those affected by the food crisis in Ethiopia and witness some of the life-saving programs Oxfam is undertaking in the fieldMore quotes »
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Activists to Obama: reassess Ethiopia partnership
Movement for a New Ethiopia and the Oakland Institute asked Obama in a Thursday letter to "reassess the terms" of U.S. aid to Ethiopia during weekend talks with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi .Meles is one of four African leaders invited to discuss food security Read more »
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Ethiopian troops to soon leave Somalia, PM says
return home, Ethiopia's prime minister said Tuesday.Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said regions of Somalia currently controlled by Ethiopian forces will be handed over to troops from Burundi, Kenya, Djibouti and Rwanda. The first three countries have troops in Read more »
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Mr. Gay World comes to Africa
-- After Mr. Gay Ethiopia entered the Mr. Gay World contest, his father cut off all communications. Mr. Gay Zimbabwe withdrew, fearing the publicity was making life difficult for his mother.But Mr. Gay Namibia 's family accompanied him to the airport for a Read more »
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Eritrea blames US for Ethiopian attacks; US denies
Eritrea's "independent path" and "bright economic prospects."Eritrea routinely accuses the U.S. of overlooking abuses by Ethiopia, a key U.S. ally in the region in its war against terrorism.Both the U.S. and Ethiopia denied the allegations. The U.S. Embassy Read more »
Around the web
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Gaxa nears 50 Bafana caps
Kaizer Chiefs signing Siboniso Gaxa could reach 50 caps when South Africa host Ethiopia in a 2014 World Cup qualifier in Rustenburg on Sunday. Gaxa, who joined Amakhosi from SK Lierse this month, would become the 19th South African to reach the milestone in 4:38 AM from Football365.co.za Read more »
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Pienaar: Ethiopia are not amateurs
but for the whole country. It is really important that we qualify,” Pienaar says. Bafana are placed 67th in world rankings while Ethiopia are 138th, but Pienaar insists that no team is a walkover these days. “We will go into the game as favourites, but we 4:25 AM from Team Kickoff Read more »
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Rwanda: Reproductive Health Experts Meet in Kigali
The three day summit kicked off in Kigali Rwanda, this May 21, 2012 attracting over 50 health experts from Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Burundi and DRC to exchange information on how to strengthen family planning strategies. Partners in Population and 4:09 AM from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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Interim force in Abyei prevented civil war, Ethiopia's Zenawi
doesn’t encourage deploying peacekeeping force from a single country, the UN Security Council in June mandated a 4,200 strong Ethiopian force to Abyie. The horn of Africa’s Nation sends its troops to the contested region on August 23. South Sudan officially 3:04 AM from Sudan Tribute Read more »
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Resettlement action plan for Mizan-Dima
objectives of the Transport Sector Project in Support of Fourth Road Sector Development Program for Ethiopia are to enhance transport operating efficiency on priority regional trade corridors and link roads, through the provision of high quality, ... See More 2:36 AM from The World Bank Read more »
